I read this question totally WRONG. Let's see what I can do.
Internet explorer is NOT an email application. What this page is used for are for links that look like mailto:
[email protected]
You have to designate a program to use for email. Outlook Express is a free one. Outllook is not.
Mozilla.org - Home of the Mozilla Project makes an email program (Thunderbird?) for free.
I do urge you to drop IE and go to Firefox for most of your browsing.
I tried to find the info to set up the servers for Outllook on Verizon's website and could not. I won't publicly post the server names and ports.
If you use Verizon's webmail, I think the best you can do is save Verizon's email page as a favorite.
Does this help a little?